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Written by William Guillory | Saturday, 21 November 2009 17:30 | NewOrleans.Com Bloggers Homepage Articles
The Hornets seek a third straight win at home against the Atlanta Hawks, the hottest team in the NBA seeking an 8th straight win:
9:26 - Final Score:
Hornets 96, Hawks 88.
9:13 - Okafor hits a foul-line jumpshot to extend the Hornets lead to 90-81 with 1:42 left.
That might have been a dagger shot.
But it isn't over quite yet. Joe Johnson has come alive for the Hawks here in the fourth quarter, scoring six points in the past few minutes.
9:08 - Posey hits a 3-pointer to extend the Hornets' lead ack out to double-digits, 86-74.
4:24 left in the game.
9:02 - We're at the 6:28 mark here in the fourth quarter and the Hawks have cut the Hornets lead to 78-71.
Hornets coach Jeff Bower will be going to a Collison, thornton, Posey, West, Okafor lineup to finish the game.
If Collison and Thrnton continue their solid play the Hornets should be able to close this one out tonight with relative ease.
8:56 - Posey hits Bobby Brown for an alley-oop dunk!
Hornets take 78-64 lead.
8:47 - Collison hits Thornton for a breakaway dunk to end the third quarter.
Hornets lead 71-60.
The Hawks, at this point, don't have a single player shooting at or above 50% from the field tonight.
If that doesn't prove how well the Hornets are playing on defense tonight I don't know what does.
8:41 - Collison knocks down another 3-pointer to give him 20 point on the night--a career high.
You cannot say enough about how great he is playing tonight. He has pushed the tempo of this game every second he has been on the court and made the game a lot easier for himself, as well as his teammates.
Hornets lead 67-60.
8:38 - Collison makes a corner-3 and a fast-break dunk to give Hornets a 64-56 lead.
Collison has pushed the pace all night and it definitely has paid off thus far.
The young fella is playing some very good basketball tonight.
8:34 - The Hawks continue with their shooting woes, as the Hornets lead 56-49 halfway throughout he third quarter.
Atlanta is shooting 36% from the field as a team and no Hawk player is shooting over 50% from the field except Jamal Crawford (5-of-9).
8:08 - Hawks end the half on an 11-4 run, but Hornets still lead going into halftime, 49-42.
8:01 - Okafor swats an attempted layup by Hawks guard Jeff Teague and Collison takes it down court and finishes a fast break with an acrobatic left-handed layup.
Hornets lead 45-31.
7:58 - Thorton hits a corner 3-pointer to give the Hornets seven on the night.
Bees lead 41-28.
7:52 - Bobby Brown knocks down a 3-pointer to give the Hornets their first double-digit lead of the night, 36-24.
The Hornets are on fire from behind the arc to start off tonight's game, making six of their first nine attempts.
7:44 - James Posey hits a 25-foot 3-pointer to give the Hornets a 27-21 lead, thier largest of the night.
Also, David West just re-entered the game after he had to have an early exit in the first quarter with foul trouble.
7:39 - Collison assists a Songaila on a fast-break layup with 15 seconds left to give the Hornets a 22-19 lead to close out the first quarter.
7:32 - Stojakovic knocks down another 3-pointer, his fourth straight of the night.
But Hawks answer with back-to-back baskets to cut Hornets lead down to 18-17.
7:27 - Stojakovic splashes home two more 3s to give Hornets 15-12 lead.
The fans in the Hive are going crazy and Hawks coach Mike Woodson is forced to take a timeout.
7:26 - A Stojakovic 3-pointer caps off a 7-0 Hornets run to cut Hawks lead down to 10-9.
7:23 - David West also just picked up his second foul.
Both teams now are turning to their benches a lot sooner than they probably thought they would have to.
7:21 - Al Horford comes out fast for the Hawks, scoring their firs six points and grabbing four rebounds. Unfortunately for Atlanta, he alsojust picked up his second foul.
Hawks lead 8-2.
6:56 - Hello, all.
William Guillory here at the Hive for tonight's
5:30 p.m. - Two surging teams face off at New Orleans Arena tonight. Can the Hornets continue this week's winning ways as they continue to soldier on without star point guard Chris Paul? Stick around to find out...
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